How To Fix 5D036 - Payroll results still exist

5D036 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 5D - Error Messages for German Infotype Module Pools

• Message number: 036

• Message text: Payroll results still exist

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 5D036 - Payroll results still exist ?

  The SAP error message 5D036 indicates that payroll results still exist for a specific employee or personnel number, which prevents certain actions from being performed, such as deleting or archiving payroll data. This error typically arises in the context of payroll processing and data management within the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when there are existing payroll results for an employee that have not been processed or cleared. This can happen in various scenarios, such as:
  
  Attempting to delete or archive an employee's payroll data while there are still active payroll results.
  Trying to make changes to an employee's master data or payroll configuration without first addressing the existing payroll results.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the error message 5D036, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Payroll Results:
  
  Use transaction code PC00_MXX_CALC (where MXX is your country-specific payroll driver) to check the payroll results for the employee in question.
  You can also use transaction PA03 to